Collapsible folding box



Feb. 9', 1926. 1

3 E. K. MORRIS COLLAPSIBLE FOLDING BOX filed Feb. 15, 1925 2 Sheeis+$heet 2 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

EDWARD K. MORRIS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COLLAPSIBLE FOLDING BOX.

.Application filed February 13, 1925.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD K. Mounts,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State oi Maryland, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Folding Boxes, of which the following. is a. specification.

This invention relates to boxes and has special reference to a knock down box peculiarly adapted for millinery, candies and the like.

One object of the invention is to improve the general construction of boxes of this character.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improved box of this character having a side member equipped at its ends with novel. cooperating securin means so arranged that the positioning or the bottom in the box urges the locking means more securely into locking position and, when so positioned, the bottom prevents disengagement ot' the ends.

A third important object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement of bottom securing means for such a box.

A fourth important object of the invention is to provide a novel form of reinforcing rib for the bottom edge of the side member ofsuch a box.

lVith the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the box with the cover in position, a portion of the latter being broken away the better to,

show the joint at the ends of the side member of the box body.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the box body with. the top removed.

.Figure 3 is'a section on the line 33 of Figure 2, the section being taken in upright position.

Figure 4 is a section similar to Figure 3 but on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

. 16 as shown in Figure 5.

Serial No. 8,864.

Figure 5 is a section on the line-55 0 Figure 2, the box being shown as on it side.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the box body in position for shipping.

Figure 7 is a plan view 01' the box top flat for shipping.

The box body consists of three parts. a

side member, a bottom member and a reinforcing band. The side member has av body portion 10 of rectangular form and from one end of the body projects a tongue 11 having a hook shaped tab 12. at its lower end and a notch 13 adjacent. its upper end whereby to term a small tongue 14. At the opposite end of the body are provided slits 15 for the parts 12. and 18. The body is made somewhat longer than the desired periphery of the box. so-as to have the ends of the body overlapping. Moreover. the hook shaped tab 12 is positioned to lie in spaced relation above the bottom, of the box when the latter is in set up position.

The box bottom has a main part 16 which is of substantially circular fornrbeing provided atone part of its periphery with a rectangular strip 17 defined from the body 16 by a fold line 18. This strip is secured tothe body 10 at the bottom. edge offthe slit end by staples 19 or the like. A reinforcing band 19 is also secured to this edge by spaced s Japles 20 and forms a continuation of the strip 17 so that the latter acts both as a reinforcement for the bottom edge of the box body side and as an attaching means for the bottom. At opposite parts of the bottom 16 are provided tabs 21. and near each of these tabs is a shorter second tab 22 which is cut slightly into the bottom Spaced to re ceive the tabs 22 in the body 10 are U- shaped slits 23 which are positioned just above the reinforcing strip 19.

In setting up this portion of the box the a side 10 is bent around and the hook tab 12 engaged in the proper slit 15. Then the bottom 16 is pushed down with the tabs 21 riphery supported on the strip 19. As the bottom is thus pushed down it spreads the lower part of the side member 10 outwardly and thus, through the engagement of the hook tab 12 in its slit, forces the small tongue 13 firmly into its slit thus making a firm and rigidly set up box.

The cover of the box is constructed in a manner similar to the box body but without the tongues and tabs. This cover is, of course, slightly larger than the body and consists of a side portion 24: and a top 25 of the same shape as the bottom 16 and like it provided with a rectangular portion 2-6 at one side, staples 27 being used to attach this portion and the reinforcing strips 28 to the side portion 24. The cover is setup by simply bending the side portion 24 around the top and securing the ends of the side portions together with one of the staples '27 (see Figure 1).

In the higher forms of boxes, such as, are used for bats, bonnets and the like, a suitable tie string 30 is employed which may be omitted, if desired, in boxes for candy and other fiat boxes.

There has thus been provided a simple and eflicient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, de sired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. Ina box of the class described, a body including a side member of bendable material having a main portion of rectangular shape and provided with a tongue projecting from one end, said tongue having a hook shaped tab at its lower end and a small tongue at its upper end, the remaining end of the side member being provided with slits to receive the tab and small ton ue a bot- I b 7 tom fitting closely within said side member when set up and resting below the hook shaped tab, said bottom having a rectangular strip at one side defined from the main por- 1 tion of the bottom by a fold line and seoured to the side member at the bottom edge of the slit provided end, and a reinforcing strip secured to the side member at its bottom edge and forming a rest for the free periphery of the bottom,said bottom further having spaced tabs insertable between the reinforcing strip and the side member and having other tabs upturned from the bottom, said side memberhaving U-shaped slits near said, reinforcing strip and positioned to receive the last mentioned tabs.

2. In a box of the class described. a body including a side member of bendable material having a main portion of rectangular shape and provided with a tongue projecting from one end, said tongue having a hook shaped tab at its lower end and a small tongue at its upper end, the remaining end of the side member being provided with slits to receive the tab and small tongue, a bottom fitting closely within said side member when set up and resting below the hook shaped tab, said bottom having a rectangular strip at one side defined from the main portion of the bottom by a fold line and secured to the side member at the bottom edge of the slit provided end, a reinforcing strip secured to the side member at its bottom edge and forming a rest for the free periphery of the bottom, said. bottom further having spaced tabs insertable between the reinforcing strip and the side member and having other tabs upturned from the bottom, said side member having U-shaped slits near said reinforcing strip and positioned to receive the last mentioned tabs, and a cover fitted on said body said cover having a top of the same shape as the bottom of the box and provided with a rectangular portion at one side, a side portion secured to said rectangular portion and projecting inwardly of the rectangular portion when collapsed, and reinforcing strips secured to the ends of the side portion.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 

